Today I ran into the bug where the desktop version of Skype would automatically log me out within a few seconds after logging in. After some investigation, I found the cause of the problem.

The Skype and Microsoft accounts were linked to each other; after I unlinked the Microsoft account, it worked perfectly.

To unlink, you need to visit the Skype website, log in there, then go to account settings, where you can unlink the Microsoft account. After this, you’ll only be able to log in with your Skype username.

First we need to launch a command prompt with administrator privileges, which we can do by typing ‘cmd’ in the start menu, then right-clicking the command prompt that appears in the search results and running it as administrator.

Then we can create the Wi-Fi network with the following command:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yournetworkname key=yourpassword

(replace ‘yournetworkname’ with your preferred name and edit ‘yourpassword’ as you wish)

Then turn it on:

Many people buy a laptop that has two graphics cards. The integrated Intel HD Graphics 3-4-5000, as well as a dedicated card. If the dedicated card is nVidia, the system typically uses nVidia Optimus to decide whether to use the integrated or dedicated graphics card at any given moment (based on resource demands and power efficiency).

The system usually dynamically switches between the dedicated and integrated GPUs, however this can cause errors and freezes in many games and applications, and the nvidia drivers regularly crash because of this.

Because of university, I need a Linux installation as well, but due to the limited RAM in my machine, the virtual machine solution isn’t the best. (plus it’s good to have something else alongside Windows in case something goes wrong)

You can struggle a lot with the boot order/menu, which can be done very easily with a program called EasyBCD.

The main menu looks like this:

The current boot settings can be edited under Edit Boot Menu, where you can set which operating system to start by default, as well as configure the order and the timer for how long the menu is available.

I’d been thinking about starting Fallout 3 after New Vegas for a while, since that game really appealed to me. The only problem I had with it was that it would randomly freeze at irregular intervals, and since I don’t save often, it was incredibly frustrating. (plus on my machine, nothing helped except a full system restart)

Thanks to my hardworking friend, this problem of mine was solved, and here I’ll describe how to eliminate the issue.